diff --git a/packages/next/build/webpack/loaders/next-serverless-loader.ts b/packages/next/build/webpack/loaders/next-serverless-loader.ts
index 6d678bb227ba1..e21329d52f1df 100644
--- a/packages/next/build/webpack/loaders/next-serverless-loader.ts
+++ b/packages/next/build/webpack/loaders/next-serverless-loader.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ const nextServerlessLoader: loader.Loader = function() {
   } else {
     return `
     import {parse} from 'url'
+    import {parse as parseQs} from 'querystring'
     import {renderToHTML} from 'next/dist/next-server/server/render';
     import {sendHTML} from 'next/dist/next-server/server/send-html';
     ${
@@ -138,7 +139,30 @@ const nextServerlessLoader: loader.Loader = function() {
           // removing reliance on `req.url` and using `req.query` instead
           // (which is needed for "custom routes" anyway).
           isDynamicRoute(page)
-            ? `const nowParams = (req.headers && req.headers["x-now-route-params"]) ? querystring.parse(req.headers["x-now-route-params"]) : null;`
+            ? `const nowParams = req.headers && req.headers["x-now-route-params"]
+              ? getRouteMatcher(
+                  (function() {
+                    const { re, groups } = getRouteRegex("${page}");
+                    return {
+                      re: {
+                        // Simulate a RegExp match from the \`req.url\` input
+                        exec: str => {
+                          const obj = parseQs(str);
+                          return Object.keys(obj).reduce(
+                            (prev, key) =>
+                              Object.assign(prev, {
+                                [key]: encodeURIComponent(obj[key])
+                              }),
+                            {}
+                          );
+                        }
+                      },
+                      groups
+                    };
+                  })()
+                )(req.headers["x-now-route-params"])
+              : null;
+          `
             : `const nowParams = null;`
         }
         const result = await renderToHTML(req, res, "${page}", Object.assign({}, unstable_getStaticProps ? {} : parsedUrl.query, nowParams ? nowParams : params, sprData ? { _nextSprData: '1' } : {}), renderOpts)
diff --git a/test/integration/serverless/pages/dr/[slug].js b/test/integration/serverless/pages/dr/[slug].js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0f29909605636
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/serverless/pages/dr/[slug].js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+const SlugPage = ({ query }) => <div>{JSON.stringify(query)}</div>
+
+SlugPage.getInitialProps = ({ query }) => ({ query })
+
+export default SlugPage
diff --git a/test/integration/serverless/test/index.test.js b/test/integration/serverless/test/index.test.js
index b54b7395ec5e7..cf30d8e2b7d36 100644
--- a/test/integration/serverless/test/index.test.js
+++ b/test/integration/serverless/test/index.test.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   fetchViaHTTP,
   renderViaHTTP
 } from 'next-test-utils'
+import qs from 'querystring'
 import fetch from 'node-fetch'
 
 const appDir = join(__dirname, '../')
@@ -192,6 +193,28 @@ describe('Serverless', () => {
     expect(res.status).toBe(404)
   })
 
+  it('should have the correct query string for a dynamic route', async () => {
+    const paramRaw = 'test % 123'
+    const param = encodeURIComponent(paramRaw)
+
+    const html = await renderViaHTTP(appPort, `/dr/${param}`)
+    const $ = cheerio.load(html)
+    const data = JSON.parse($('#__NEXT_DATA__').html())
+
+    expect(data.query).toEqual({ slug: paramRaw })
+  })
+
+  it('should have the correct query string for a spr route', async () => {
+    const paramRaw = 'test % 123'
+    const html = await fetchViaHTTP(appPort, `/dr/[slug]`, '', {
+      headers: { 'x-now-route-params': qs.stringify({ 1: paramRaw }) }
+    }).then(res => res.text())
+    const $ = cheerio.load(html)
+    const data = JSON.parse($('#__NEXT_DATA__').html())
+
+    expect(data.query).toEqual({ slug: paramRaw })
+  })
+
   describe('With basic usage', () => {
     it('should allow etag header support', async () => {
       const url = `http://localhost:${appPort}/`